http://www.nhl.com/rssNHL FEATURE STORIESNHL Enterprises, L.P. (c) 2012 NHL. All Rights Reserveden-usThu, 17 May 2012 14:35:36 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631979Being a 28-year-old AHL player in the New Jersey Devils organization requires great patience, especially when your last name is Gionta. That virtue is finally paying off for Stephen Gionta, who after six seasons with their farm team has contribute...Thu, 17 May 2012 13:57:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631979http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631958Jeff Carter was shipped to Hollywood in late February for a reason -- to vault one of the least productive goal-scoring teams in the NHL to greater heights. But few imagined Carter would deliver a playoff performance the Los Angeles Kings haven...Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631958http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631956The celebration that followed a beauty of a goal by 21-year-old Michael Del Zotto was a gathering of five New York Rangers who epitomize the youth movement of a franchise that once was defined as one of the oldest and least successful in the Leagu...Thu, 17 May 2012 11:54:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631956http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631908NEW YORK -- Despite giving up three third-period goals and getting shut out by the New York Rangers in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the New Jersey Devils didn't feel there was an awful lot they needed to change entering Game 2 ...Thu, 17 May 2012 01:08:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631908http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631907NEW YORK -- The sight of star forward Marian Gaborik sitting on the bench for the first 11:02 of the third period after his gaffe led to a Devils goal in the second period was emblematic of the problems the New York Rangers had in their own zone W...Thu, 17 May 2012 00:50:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631907http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631906NEW YORK -- It wasn't too long ago New Jersey Devils forward David Clarkson was regarded as that prototypical grinder, always willing to drop the gloves and retreat into areas on the ice where only the strong survive. That seems like eons ago ...Thu, 17 May 2012 00:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631906http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631904GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Five goals in their last five games. Even against two Vezina Trophy candidates and even for a team not known for being offensively explosive, the Phoenix Coyotes have picked a lousy time for a scoring funk. After being sh...Wed, 16 May 2012 21:03:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631904http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631902GLENDALE, Ariz. – Frustration is usually a friend to the Phoenix Coyotes. They have won a division title and pushed all the way to the their first Western Conference final by twisting more skilled teams inside-out with a combination of work ethic ...Wed, 16 May 2012 19:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631902http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631900EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – One minute Dustin Brown was nearly bent over backward in pain. Later he was prone, face down on the ice after a taking a hit from behind. The Los Angeles Kings can’t help but shake their collective head at how their captai...Wed, 16 May 2012 18:14:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631900http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631896DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars officially welcomed former general manager and coach Bob Gainey back to the organization Wednesday. Gainey, a 1992 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, will serve as a senior advisor to the hockey department. "I'm ...Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631896http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631830There was wide-ranging disappointment in Vancouver after the Presidents' Trophy-winning Canucks, last spring's Stanley Cup runner-up, were eliminated from this season's championship chase in just five first-round games by the upstart Kings. Af...Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631830http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631828NEW YORK -- The early part of Artem Anisimov's career was all about finding a comfort level in the United States, with the language, the customs and, of course, the hockey. Anisimov spent the first 19 years of his life in Yaroslavl, Russia, bef...Wed, 16 May 2012 13:27:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631828http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631823The four remaining goalies in the hunt for the Stanley Cup all have played like puck-stopping superheroes to get their teams to the conference finals. Indeed, as "The Avengers" movie has been blowing up the box office, New Jersey's Martin Brod...Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631823http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631825Two games into the Western Conference Finals, fans might need a reminder that the Los Angeles Kings, who lead the series 2-0, are the eighth seed. The way the Kings have rampaged their way through the playoffs -- needing just nine games to kno...Wed, 16 May 2012 12:13:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631825http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631824NHL.com wants you -- the fan -- to vote on the most compelling play, moment or topic of the week. We'll select goals, hits, saves, plus other clips and subjects that require your opinion. There's no wrong answer ... we simply want to know what you...Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631824http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631820GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Kings captain Dustin Brown immediately thought of the 2007 Anaheim Ducks. "They were gigantic," he said after L.A.'s 4-0 win Tuesday at Jobing.com Arena. "They were not only big, but they had the speed and the skill to go wit...Wed, 16 May 2012 09:22:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631820http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=624693Stefan Matteau knows all about the historic goal his father scored in the second overtime of Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals as a member of the New York Rangers against the New Jersey Devils. While it took a while before he was abl...Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=624693http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631818GLENDALE, Ariz. – Two games into the Western Conference Finals, the Phoenix Coyotes have yet to leave the starting blocks. After facing 87 shots in the first six periods, Coyotes goalie Mike Smith wondered aloud after a 4-0 loss to the Los Ang...Wed, 16 May 2012 02:18:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631818http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631810GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jeff Carter carved his way into the same record book as Wayne Gretzky in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. Carter became the first Kings player since Gretzky in 1993 to record a hat trick in a playoff game. He increase...Wed, 16 May 2012 01:48:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631810http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631817GLENDALE, Ariz. – In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, the Phoenix Coyotes lost their home-ice advantage to the Los Angeles Kings. In Game 2, they lost their composure as well. Before the 4-0 loss to the Kings at Jobing.com Arena was com...Wed, 16 May 2012 01:29:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631817http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631813Bill Cowher reached the pinnacle of his sport by leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to a Super Bowl victory. But through all his years on NFL sidelines, he never forgot about another sport he loved. Cowher grew up in Pittsburgh as a fan of the AHL...Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631813http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631804NEW YORK -- Ryan McDonagh spent Tuesday trying tried to deflect some of the attention placed on his rise for the New York Rangers in his first full NHL season. He mentioned other members of the blue-line corps who saw an increase in responsibi...Tue, 15 May 2012 17:50:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631804http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631791In the 56 games waged in the preliminary round of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championship, teams provided tightly-contested matches, emphatic blowouts, and everything in between, as a field of 16 national teams was whittled down to eight quarterfi...Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631791http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631796NEW YORK -- Ruslan Fedotenko sat at his locker after the New York Rangers' optional practice, drinking from a bottle of water as he was asked what it meant for the team to grab a 2-0 lead in a series for once. During the first two rounds of the...Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631796http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631785NEWARK, N.J. -- So the New Jersey Devils find themselves down in a playoff series. What else is new? For the third straight time this spring, the Devils will be forced to rally from behind in a playoff matchup in order to earn the right to adv...Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631785http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631777Over the course of the last decade, Norway's once-maligned hockey program has made slow but steady progress. More than once in recent years, Norway has thrown scares into Canada and Russia at the IIHF World Championship. These games usually were l...Tue, 15 May 2012 11:44:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631777http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631758NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Devils forged their way into the Eastern Conference Finals on the back of their relentless forecheck. The ability to harass the puck handler in his own zone and force turnovers led to the stunning five-game ouster of ...Tue, 15 May 2012 10:55:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631758http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631774Dale Hunter's not-so-surprising departure, Jackets' hiring of Todd Richards full time, a trio of American captains, the Hudson River Rivalry, Dave Tippett's response, the new perfect human, and the Kings' road success all make up this playoff edit...Tue, 15 May 2012 09:40:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631774http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631690NEW YORK -- Did John Tortorella expect the Rangers to be tired after concluding their second straight seven-game series two nights ago? "I don't know where you guys get all this stuff being tired. If we're tired this time of the year, there's s...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:30:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631690http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631689NEW YORK -- Players of all ages and experience deal with peaks and valleys during the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But the rise and fall and rise again of Rangers rookie Chris Kreider over the past month is nothing short of remarkable. Kreider, who jo...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:27:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631689http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631688NEW YORK -- The New Jersey Devils knew all along that opposing bodies would be in their crosshairs when winding up for shots on New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. They weren't disappointed in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on M...Tue, 15 May 2012 00:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631688http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631687GLENDALE, Ariz. – Struggling to find their stride in the opening game of a playoff series is nothing new for the Phoenix Coyotes. Losing that game? That's new. The Coyotes were outplayed early by Chicago in Game 1 in the first round and dom...Mon, 14 May 2012 22:19:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631687http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631686GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Winning in the playoffs gets a heck of a lot easier when you can steal momentum while shorthanded. The Kings have been doing a masterful job of it since Game 5 against the Vancouver Canucks and their perfect penalty kill is a ma...Mon, 14 May 2012 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631686http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631684GLENDALE, Ariz. -- In order to trade Jack Johnson to Columbus in exchange for Jeff Carter in February, members of the Kings' brass had to have confidence that Slava Voynov could fit right in and play in the top four. They did, and Voynov is rew...Mon, 14 May 2012 20:17:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631684http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631682GLENDALE, Ariz. – It has been the albatross around the neck of the Phoenix Coyotes all season. A stumbling block they must overcome. They have managed to scratch and claw all the way to the Western Conference Final – all the while dragging its Ach...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:49:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631682http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631681GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Matt Greene says the mere presence of Jonathan Quick makes the job of Los Angeles' six defensemen so much easier. "He is by far and away the biggest part of our defense," Greene told NHL.com. Fair enough, but Quick isn't t...Mon, 14 May 2012 19:31:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631681http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631648Dale Hunter's departure from Washington was as surprising as his arrival. Citing a desire to spend more time with his family and run the family business -- the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League -- Hunter announced Monday that he woul...Mon, 14 May 2012 14:33:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631648http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631642While most of the hockey world will be enthralled by the conference finals of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the future of the game will be on display at the 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup. The championship series of the three biggest Canadian ju...Mon, 14 May 2012 13:17:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631642http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631643For older hockey fans in the metropolitan New York area, it seems like 18 minutes, not 18 long years, since the Devils and Rangers saw their border battle blossom into one of the elite rivalries in the League. And it was an unforgettable Easter...Mon, 14 May 2012 13:14:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631643http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631632NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador prefers the glass half-full. How else can you explain his determined ascent up the team's defensive depth chart in 2011-12 after sitting out an entire 82-game season with an inner-ear...Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:00 EDThttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=631632